Spark: Role Reversal
Returning to the Spark Site, I found an animation called Role Reversal. It's located in the work menu under show packages. I found it very simple and complex at the same time. The whole piece is based on a man and a woman who are just laying (I think) next to each other and pieces of color and clothing begin to switch. It looks like it's for a show that reverses the roles of a spouse or friend (or something) to see how the other one handles. (Just a guess.)
It starts off with the two people: a woman in a long skirt, a shirt, a jean jacket, heeled boots, and hair down, and a man in pants, shoes, a shirt and a blazer with short hair. They are each broken up into four pieces from top to bottom. These pieces begin to change. The clothes become the other's clothes.
They keep switching around showing different combinations (kind of like paper dolls) as they move from the middle of the screen and then to the left. There is even a tiny version at one point in the animation that's in the righthand side.
As this is all happening, there are thin rectangles that run along the whole screen going from left to right. These contain colors from the clothes and are also moving around. This gives the animation balance so that the focus isn't just in the center. It also connects the colored outfits with the white background along with the additive of movement. They also subdivide the four squares on each person so there are even smaller uneven rectangles that contain different pieces of clothes.
The words Role Reversal appear about 4 times as the animation progresses. Three of the times they are smaller. One of the times it is white over the people, and the last time it appears it is large, orange and very bold. This is obviously the title and the main focus at the end. It is more towards the right because the picture is on the left, but because of the bright color and the bold quality, and not to mention the letters that change to find the right ones, all make this stand out. Something else that makes it unique is the R in Reversal. This R is backwards. Even though it isn't in its typical form, we, the viewers, can still read the words because we recognize the rest of the letters. It gives the title a little personality.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention. As I watched this animation for the 7th time, I noticed something I had not noticed before. Maybe it was because of the smaller size viewer or maybe I'm just totally mistaken, but it looks as though at the end, the girl ends up with short hair and in the man's clothes and the man ends up with a wig of long hair and in the woman's clothes. It's hard to tell because it's so small. Maybe my eyes are bad and they just ended up on the side that the other is on, but I have a feeling that it's the former.
It's very creative and slightly humorous. This could indicate that this particular show may have some laugh out loud moments besides getting the message across about "a day in my shoes." Either way, this animation was very clever and fun, not to mention simple and effective.
It starts off with the two people: a woman in a long skirt, a shirt, a jean jacket, heeled boots, and hair down, and a man in pants, shoes, a shirt and a blazer with short hair. They are each broken up into four pieces from top to bottom. These pieces begin to change. The clothes become the other's clothes.
They keep switching around showing different combinations (kind of like paper dolls) as they move from the middle of the screen and then to the left. There is even a tiny version at one point in the animation that's in the righthand side.
As this is all happening, there are thin rectangles that run along the whole screen going from left to right. These contain colors from the clothes and are also moving around. This gives the animation balance so that the focus isn't just in the center. It also connects the colored outfits with the white background along with the additive of movement. They also subdivide the four squares on each person so there are even smaller uneven rectangles that contain different pieces of clothes.
The words Role Reversal appear about 4 times as the animation progresses. Three of the times they are smaller. One of the times it is white over the people, and the last time it appears it is large, orange and very bold. This is obviously the title and the main focus at the end. It is more towards the right because the picture is on the left, but because of the bright color and the bold quality, and not to mention the letters that change to find the right ones, all make this stand out. Something else that makes it unique is the R in Reversal. This R is backwards. Even though it isn't in its typical form, we, the viewers, can still read the words because we recognize the rest of the letters. It gives the title a little personality.
Oh yes, I forgot to mention. As I watched this animation for the 7th time, I noticed something I had not noticed before. Maybe it was because of the smaller size viewer or maybe I'm just totally mistaken, but it looks as though at the end, the girl ends up with short hair and in the man's clothes and the man ends up with a wig of long hair and in the woman's clothes. It's hard to tell because it's so small. Maybe my eyes are bad and they just ended up on the side that the other is on, but I have a feeling that it's the former.
It's very creative and slightly humorous. This could indicate that this particular show may have some laugh out loud moments besides getting the message across about "a day in my shoes." Either way, this animation was very clever and fun, not to mention simple and effective.
posted by Jessica | 4/09/2006 09:01:00 PM
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